Category Archives: News & Stories

With the rise in online sales of personal goods through websites and apps such as Craigslist, Facebook Marketplace, Kijiji, etc. police agencies across the country have noticed the uptick in crimes related to these personal exchanges. VPD Sergeant Tom Callaghan is well aware of this unfortunate trend in local crime and wanted to make a […]...

The Vancouver Police Foundation is very sad to learn of the passing of one of our founding directors, Ron Cliff, CM, OBC, FCA, B.Comm. Ron joined Arthur Phillips, Joseph Cohen, Senator Edward Lawson, Graham Dawson, John Davidson and Reverend Kenneth Wotherspoon in forming the Vancouver Police Foundation, North America’s second-oldest police foundation after NYPD. They […]...

Through her extensive experience as an Investigator on the Robert Pickton file, VPD Constable Linda Malcolm established meaningful and trusting relationships with dozens of women and support services on the Downtown Eastside in the early 2000s. The reputation she built for herself throughout the DTES would set her up for even more success in her […]...

A remarkable VPD officer recently retired after a storied 41 year career in law enforcement. Constable Linda Malcolm found her stride supporting and protecting vulnerable women on Vancouver’s downtown eastside for much of her time on the job. And today, as Canada’s recognizes the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, we […]...

As you may recall from Part One a couple weeks ago, the Her Time program is an anti-gang initiative started in 2017 by two incredible female VPD officers: Sergeant Sandy Avelar and Detective Anisha Myette. Today, we take a closer look at the impact Her Time is having, not only thousands of girls and women […]...

It’s that time of year again – the brand new 2023 VPD Canine Calendar just arrived and is on sale now for just $15! Featuring 14 VPD canine heroes, the 2023 calendar shows off the pups both at work and at play. CLICK HERE TO BUY NOW   OR BUY IN PERSON at either VPD […]...

On this 10th anniversary of the International Day of the Girl, we turn our attention to a powerhouse pair of dedicated and determined female VPD officers who launched a first-of-its-kind program to prevent adolescent and adult women from joining gang life and support females looking to exit gang life. In 2017 Sergeant Sandy Avelar and […]...

We recently had the opportunity to get to know Travis – a grade 11 high school student who has just started his second year in the VPD Cadet program. We were fortunate to be able to get to know him through his own personal stories and also through the eyes of VPD Cadet Instructors, Constable […]...

The Vancouver Police Foundation is pleased to announce Christian Chia as our new Chair of the Board. Christian replaces outgoing Chair Dr. Sherri Magee, whose two-year term as Chair just concluded. Dr. Magee will remain on the VPF Board as Past-Chair and Trustee. As the founder and long-time President and CEO of the OpenRoad Auto […]...

For the past two years, Dr. Sherri Magee has served as the Vancouver Police Foundation’s Board Chair, the first female to hold this role in 45 years. Dr. Magee’s term hasn’t been the easiest, with the pandemic and the upheaval it caused as well as necessary conversations taking place in our society about the role […]...